"Lead a battalion of elite soldiers and form a formation to attack the enemy. Go to a crowded place and kill them. Be sure to kill them and leave them alone."
"General, I obey!" Lu Huaizhong threw his helmet on the ground, disheveled his hair, pulled out a thick-backed machete, and shouted: "My sons, follow me to kill the thief!"
The sergeants in the front camp responded to the order with a bang, quickly formed a small formation, and when approaching the enemy, they first fired three rounds of arrows, and then charged towards the enemy with great momentum.
The fields in May are already full of green. The wind blows across the earth, and colorful wildflowers dance with it. There is a cluster here, a cluster there, bathed in sunshine and exuding fragrance.
But it was such a beautiful scene, but it was completely destroyed by the brutal fighting of tens of thousands of soldiers from both sides. Blood spattered, dyeing the green land crimson. Horse hooves trampled the flowers into mud. There was even more.
The endless rain of arrows almost caused white hair to grow on the ground.
The Chao army was never able to form a complete formation from the beginning. The sergeants could only fight on their own, often dozens or more than a hundred people gathered together to protect themselves like hedgehogs, as if they might collapse at any time in the violent storm.
small tree.
The troops of the Tang army came up. Before the battle, they formed in battalion units and threw rain of arrows as if for free. Then there were a forest of spears, squeezing the weak and weak Chao army back step by step, and the cavalry roared over.
, side slashing and slashing, tearing the enemy formation into pieces one by one.
Zhang Yan finally accepted his fate.
Li Tangbin was like a mad dog, and the hundreds of people under him were also like mad dogs, biting him desperately. His fighting prowess was almost the most ferocious among the Tang army's battalions. How could one of his own people fight his own people?
Hand!
"Let's go, general!" The general inserted a dagger into the back of Zhang Yan's horse. After it went away, he picked up a spear from the ground and cried: "Li Tangbin, give my brother his life!"
Several people rushed into the Tang army's formation without hesitation, only splashing a few small waves, and soon there was no sound again.
The sound of neat footsteps never stopped.
There was the injured Chao Army soldier lying on the ground moaning, looking with fear at the large group of Tang Army soldiers wearing brown spring clothes and leather armor, coming towards him with their swords in hand. The sword blades were shining with silver and stained with a lot of blood.
, with just one poke, you will never see the sun tomorrow again.
The wounded soldier laughed miserably, murmured a few words, and then was stepped on by endless combat boots, making him motionless.
How could the target of the Tang army be him? They were the only small formations of the nest army in front!
Anyone who is in the battlefield first and waits for the enemy will be at ease. Those who are in the battlefield behind and rush to fight will be tired. Now it is proved!
Violating the principles of the art of war and pursuing merit lightly, the defeat of the Chao army was almost doomed from the beginning!
"Quickly annihilate the remaining enemies and clean up the battlefield." Seeing that the overall situation was decided, Shao Shude rode forward and ordered.
Wei Boqiu, the deputy general of the army, was sweating profusely and kept trying to persuade the military envoys not to risk their lives. The place was in a mess. What would everyone do if they were hit by a stray arrow and the military envoys had no heirs? Is it possible for the Tielin Army to directly
Broken up?
"Vice General Li, you fought very well today. You marched forward bravely, broke three formations in a row, and fell into the camp. You are worthy of your name." Shao Shude pointed his horsewhip and said to the surrendered soldiers kneeling on the ground: "After the war, the surrendered troops of Chao Army surrendered.
, you can pick another battalion and be promoted to ten generals!"
"Thank you, military envoy, for your cultivation!" Li Tangbin said happily.
There are still the last two or three remnants of the Nest Army on the battlefield, each with about a hundred people, and they refuse to surrender. But it is basically impossible for them to survive. The Tielin Army will soon rain down several waves of arrows on them, adding hundreds more to their number of enemy kills.
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"Military envoy, aren't there a thousand or five enemies killed in this battle?" Chen Cheng rode his horse forward from the rear and looked at the corpses on the ground, his face a little pale.
"At least two thousand!" Qian Shousu and others laughed at the sidelines before the war was over, and said: "More than three thousand people surrendered. Zhang Yan's soldiers have lost at least 70%. How can we fight again?"
"It's a pity that I couldn't kill Zhang Yan, otherwise it would have been another great achievement." Xu Hao smacked his mouth with a look of regret on his face.
"Military envoy! All stubborn enemies have been wiped out." Not long after, Lu Huaizhong, Cai Songyang, and Fan He, covered in blood, came to report. And their arrival also heralded the perfect victory in this counter-pursuit battle.
"Okay!" Shao Shude turned over and dismounted, helped Lu, Cai and Fan adjust their helmets and armor, and said: "Give the order, the auxiliary troops will clean the battlefield, and the soldiers will rest on the spot. The cavalry will spread out and reconnoiter the enemy's situation. Another
, and sent five hundred auxiliary soldiers to surrender the Chao army and return the captured equipment and property to Gaoling."
"Military envoy, in this battle to encircle Chang'an, all the armies retreated. Only our Tielin army defeated the pursuers, beheaded two thousand and surrendered more than three thousand. Prime Minister Zheng was very pleased to hear this." Chen Cheng got close to Shao Shude.
Next to him, he whispered.
Shao Shude nodded lightly. It doesn't matter if Zheng Xiangxin is not happy, the key is to make the saint happy! When the saint was happy, he directly ordered Marshal Zhuge to be the commander of the Sanchuan Festival. Even if he continued to command the battle in Guanzhong as a military envoy, he would not be happy.
It doesn't matter, just give me your title first and then talk about it.
Now that the general has a place to go, he can naturally take over as the governor of Xia Sui Yinyou. Not to mention the old dog Tuoba Sigong, the Tielin army won two battles in Guanzhong, killing and wounding nearly 10,000 Chao troops in a few months.
With such a record, isn't it clear who the imperial court should win over? Tuoba Sigong was only able to draw 15,000 to 15,000 party soldiers, and he had never proven himself, so he had basically lost his chance.
"One more thing, the military envoy has no heirs yet, and the generals are feeling uneasy." Chen Cheng only said this half of the sentence, and did not go on. Anyway, he had expressed what he wanted to express, and he had fulfilled his duty.
Shao Shude understood what he meant. Although his prestige in the Tielin Army was at its peak, which was very different from other military generals in other vassal towns who either relied on appointments from the court or relied on killing generals to drive commanders to power, but having no heirs was indeed a big deal.
Problem. As time goes by, everyone will feel hesitant and pessimistic about the future.
This matter really cannot be delayed, and of course there is no need to rush it.
He comes from a very low background, unlike those from a family of generals in Hedong. However, a low background also has the advantage of being of low origin, that is, he single-handedly raised the army and promoted the generals one by one, so his loyalty is relatively reliable. In this matter,
The tooth generals in Hedong don't know how envious they are. In a short period of time, as long as they are still here, no one will dare to change the world.
As for the issue of heirs, let it be left to chance. Now that we are away at war, my wife and concubine are all in Suizhou, so there is nothing we can do in a hurry.
After half an hour's rest, the whole army was waiting to be ordered to continue heading south. As a result, the cavalry reported back. They intercepted the second group of nest troops more than ten miles south, with about 4,000 people, including thousands of combat soldiers.
I had three thousand auxiliary soldiers, but I was unprepared in my haste. They were defeated by more than a thousand cavalry, and more than a thousand people were defeated.
Zhu and Zhejiang asked the infantry brigade to march quickly to take over the nest army. They also said that a large amount of baggage and food and grass had been seized, so it was better to move quickly rather than later.
Shao Shude was overjoyed when he heard the news and ordered all the battalions to move forward in formation, but they had to control their speed and maintain their physical strength. Otherwise, would they make the same mistake as Zhang Yan?
At Shenshi, the Tielin Army Brigade had not yet arrived at its destination, but they saw Zhu Shuzong and Zhe Siyu leading an endless cart and packing their horses back north. Among them were two thousand Chao Army troops who had surrendered in despair.
"After the military envoy defeated the bandit general Zhang Yan, he fled all the way. He actually left the rear troops and horses alone and went to Baqiao post. The two generals led their cavalry to pursue south, killing hundreds of enemies and capturing two
There are more than a thousand people. According to the report of the surrendering troops, there are 24,000 dendrobiums of grain and beans in the baggage camp and more than 40,000 bundles of fodder, all of which are here." Zhu Shuzong pointed to the chariot and horse brigade behind him that spread to the distant horizon, and reported
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"Okay!" Shao Shude said loudly: "Zhang Yan has been defeated by this general twice. If he is ashamed, just wipe his neck on the spot."
The generals laughed loudly and their morale was high.
"Take all the baggage, food, grass and surrendered troops back, and accept them as soon as you see fit." Shao Shude said, "The enemy is too scared to pursue them."
The Tielin Army Brigade did not return to Gaoling County until late at night.
Zhuge Shuang had already led some of his men, horses and baggage north to Sanyuan. The Yofang sergeant who stayed behind was reluctant to open the door at first. After Shao Shude shot down the flag on the gate tower with an arrow, he panicked and opened the city gate.
When the captured chariots and horses, the baggage entered the city, and a large number of Chao soldiers with their hands tied appeared in front of them, everyone in the Yifang army changed their colors. Even the Jiedushi Commander Li Xiaochang, who had fallen asleep, got up and went to the city gate to greet them.
, his expression was no longer as arrogant as before, and he said: "All the armies fled, but the general returned to kill the enemy and returned with a great victory. Li was very impressed."
The leader of the army in troubled times does not understand justice, he only knows who has the strongest fist.
"Tomorrow our army will set out to march north. Can I trouble Sergeant Fufang to stay for one more day?" Shao Shude asked.
"Yes."
After resting for one night in Gaoling County, Shao Shude led a large group of troops to Sanyuan County on the next day. On the way, he received Zhuge Shuang's order not to stop after arriving at Sanyuan and continue to Fuping. The northern camp was temporarily moved here to watch the scenery.
On June 23, the Tielin Army arrived in Fuping County with a large amount of baggage and prisoners. The Yifang Army was two days behind them. Sure enough, no Chao Army chased them on the road, and everyone arrived in Fuping smoothly.